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May 17, 2026, 5:18 PM

No cheesecake without sustainability

Understandably, Israel has let key issues, including the climate crisis, renewable energy, cleantech, and more, drop off the public radar. But there's no easy fix

Mar 18, 2026, 6:45 AM

Hamas Rebuilds While Gaza Silently Suffers

While International Focus Shifts to the Iran Conflict, the Palestinian Terror Group Intensifies Systematic Oppression and Rebuilds Military Strength. As global attention concentrates on escalating tensions between Iran and Western powers, Hamas has accelerated a brutal campaign to solidify its...

Jan 26, 2026, 8:33 AM

Maybe the last captive and fragile path to peace

“We make war that we may live in peace.” - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics The Israel–Palestine conflict has long demonstrated that wars rarely move toward resolution through decisive moments alone. More often, they are shaped by unresolved particulars that accumulate moral, political,...

May 27, 2025, 1:43 PM

Climate Change at My Doorstep

I don't need data to remind me of the climate change threat. That task was handled quite well by the April 30 blaze near my home in the Judean Hills region. For the first time in our lives, my...

May 6, 2025, 3:09 PM

Fires, Missiles, and the Relentless Pulse of Life in Israel

Some weeks in Israel carry the weight of an entire year in other countries. This past week has felt exactly like that—a relentless series of events that demand our attention, resilience, and reflection. It began with the devastating fire in...

Ilana K. Levinsky

May 2, 2025, 7:37 AM

Flames of Karma

Trees Over People: A New Moral Order A wildfire broke out this week on the outskirts of Jerusalem. For most people, natural disasters—especially ones threatening homes, people, and wildlife—tend to evoke sympathy, concern, or at the very least, silence. But...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

May 1, 2025, 11:20 PM

Israel Independence Day 2025, the most mixed ever

For 3500 years, our enemies failed. When will they learn? Independence Day in Israel always starts immediately after the Day of Mourning for those who died in our attempt to have a State. Today, we also have the still fresh wounds...

May 1, 2025, 1:38 PM

Noa Kirel Was Canceled and So Was My Sanity

You know it's going to be a weird week when Haifa cancels all Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations—not for political reasons, not because of budget cuts, but because everything is on fire. Meanwhile, as the city shut down, I was having an...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Apr 8, 2025, 1:21 AM

‘Israel will face massive climate disasters this summer’

Politicians misunderstanding climate containment can't push for it Israel's president said the above at a Climate Forum meeting at his official residence, and no one publicly responded to some of the vital imperfections. 1. There is a great difference between climate...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jan 25, 2025, 11:03 PM

It’s not raining cats or dogs in Israel

Yet, not all areas are created equally Rain in Israel In Biblical times, they had no baths and no Trump to complain about showerheads trickling down. But a drought in Israel meant a famine, for no crops could grow—the threat of...

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